The nocturnal minstrel; or, The spirit of the wood, Band 21810 |
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... length dawned ; its cheerful . beams served in part to dissipate her fears ; she arose while it was yet early , and having heard that the Earl had already left the chamber , she sent a message of enquiry by Wini- fred , which was ...
... length dawned ; its cheerful . beams served in part to dissipate her fears ; she arose while it was yet early , and having heard that the Earl had already left the chamber , she sent a message of enquiry by Wini- fred , which was ...
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... enough to admit him without difficulty ; and followed his ghostly conductor through a long suit of apartments . At length , they reached a narrow 1 narrow stone staircase ; the apparition still preceding him 18 THE NOCTURNAL MINSTREL .
... enough to admit him without difficulty ; and followed his ghostly conductor through a long suit of apartments . At length , they reached a narrow 1 narrow stone staircase ; the apparition still preceding him 18 THE NOCTURNAL MINSTREL .
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... length , another flight of stairs , which they also descended . These seemed to wind for a considerable depth : when ar- rived at the bottom , the Earl earnestly demanded how far they had yet to go ? The ghost made no answer , but with ...
... length , another flight of stairs , which they also descended . These seemed to wind for a considerable depth : when ar- rived at the bottom , the Earl earnestly demanded how far they had yet to go ? The ghost made no answer , but with ...
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... length , despairing of success , he seated himself upon the steps , thinking over all the hopeless miseries to which he was now exposed . " And must I , " said he , " die inglori- ous in this horrible den , lost to the world , and all ...
... length , despairing of success , he seated himself upon the steps , thinking over all the hopeless miseries to which he was now exposed . " And must I , " said he , " die inglori- ous in this horrible den , lost to the world , and all ...
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... length , fallen asleep . Another , and another hour passed on ; and the Earl not coming out , or calling any of the family , her impatience began now to partake of apprehension , and shre gave orders that he should be called ; adding ...
... length , fallen asleep . Another , and another hour passed on ; and the Earl not coming out , or calling any of the family , her impatience began now to partake of apprehension , and shre gave orders that he should be called ; adding ...
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adventure alarmed apartment apparition appeared armour arms arras astrology attainder attend awful Baron and Baroness Baron Fitzwalter behold beloved burial vault castle chamber CHAP chapel conceal Conjuror courage cried Peter cried the Baroness dare dead death desired discover door Earl of Ormond Earl Ormond Earl's Edgar enquiries entered Ethelind exclaimed extraordinary Father Osborne fear Fitzwalter friar Gertrude ghost hand happiness hast thou hath haunted heard heart Heaven hither holy honour hope horrors hour impostor knight Lady Ladyship's lamp Lord magician marriage ment minstrel Motley mourn mysterious nald ness never night's watch noble pannel pardon phantom present received repose seemed seneschal shew Sicilian Sir Regi Sir Reginald Harc solemn soon sorrow sounds spectre spirit steps steward Straits of Messina stranger sumed supernatural tears terror thee thou hast thought tion trembling tremely vault wainscot walls Winifred wish
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Seite 113 - From wandering on a foreign strand? If such there breathe, go mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, Despite those titles, power and pelf, The wretch concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
Seite 113 - BREATHES there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd, As home his footsteps he hath turn'd, From wandering on a foreign strand...
Seite 50 - A palmer's amice wrapped him round, With a wrought Spanish baldric bound, Like a pilgrim from beyond the sea: His left hand held his Book of Might, A silver cross was in his right; The lamp was placed beside his knee.
Seite 135 - To man below, beneath the heav'n ; It is not fantasy's hot fire, Whose wishes soon as granted die ; It liveth not in fierce desire, With dead deaiie it doth not die.